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Elspode · 10-05-2004, 12:53 PM

The PUR filters are a *very* cost-effective solution to bottled water. We had a Hinckley & Schmidt cooler for a couple of years. We paid something like $6.00 a bottle for the water, and $9.00/month for the cooler, and it got rather pricey.

Now, I can get three filters at Sam's Club for $40.00, and that gives me 300 gallons of filtered water. Even factoring in the $30.00 purchase of the filter housing unit (which gave me a filter included), that gives me the equivalent of 100 bottles of water for the cost of about 17.5 cents per gallon, and that drops as the filter housing amortizes out. All I give up is the pre-chilled water, which I can remedy using nice, filtered-water ice.

10-05-2004, 12:53 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The PUR filters are a very cost-effective solution to bottled water. We had a Hinckley & Schmidt cooler for a couple of years. We paid something like $6.00 a bottle for the water, and $9.00/month for the cooler, and it got rather pricey. Now, I can get three filters at Sam's Club for $40.00, and that gives me 300 gallons of filtered water. Even factoring in the $30.00 purchase of the filter housing unit (which gave me a filter included), that gives me the equivalent of 100 bottles of water for the cost of about 17.5 cents per gallon, and that drops as the filter housing amortizes out. All I give up is the pre-chilled water, which I can remedy using nice, filtered-water ice. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog Last edited by Elspode; 10-05-2004 at 12:56 PM.